Stranded

there were crowded camps

with starving souls

who were searching for answers

that would never be told

men and boys

women and girls

all dirty like oysters

but some shining like pearls

stranded alone

with no where to turn

no where to go

except for an urn

tortured to exhaustion

and given hundreds of lashes

if unfit to work

they were burned to ashes

pain kept hidden

denied of reliefs

all of this

for society's beliefs